Schools handing of assault on my Y10 daughter

[marshamallow321]

Hi. My 14 year old daughter was assaulted by another student in school which was filmed so planned. This girl dragged her off her chair by hair and started kicking her. A male teacher struggled pulling this girl off. The police have been called and I have a meeting with them next week. This girl was suspended for 1 week only and is now back in school and back in all the same classes as my daughter. Schools response is they’ll keep them at opposite sides of the class. My daughter decided she would return to school this morning as she’s been off for a few days scared. She’s messaged me saying the teacher is refusing to let her leave the class as she’s anxious as this girl keeps watching her and the teacher said “I’m sure you can make it until the end”
I went and pulled her out of school.
Is this normal? The handling of this by the school?
I’ve sent them an emails since Tuesday with no response but they confirmed whilst I was there today they have them. A bit of acknowledgment would be nice.
Can this school assure me this highly reactive girl isn’t carrying something dangerous holding a grudge and waiting for her moment? What are they doing to protect my daughter when they’re all moving from lesson to lesson because I can guarantee it’s nothing. I’ve sent another message but again no response as of yet.
what else can I do? Am I overreacting?
sorry for any mistakes in the message. I’m rather worked up.

It wasn't a "fight" or a "scrap" it was an attack. But it really does show why some children think it is okay to behave like this when adults like you normalise it and play it down.

I haven't played it down at all. Suggesting we don't overreact or catastrophize something isn't minimizing it.

I'm a former combat sports athlete, I'm more aware than most of the dangers of violence.

Schools aren't separate places from society. OP's daughter was assaulted, if it happened in the street or on a bus to you, would you think that informing the police was an over-reaction?

We quite literally hold children to vastly different standards than adults in all manner of ways, but particularly when it comes to criminality.

The thing about “back in my day” bollocks is that there weren’t phones recording everything and sharing it forever.

None of this would be as bad if the kids weren’t sharing their underage videos and threatening each other with pathetic fist emojis and watching and re-watching themselves on their poisonous little screens.

I remember teachers shagging students all the time when I was in secondary school and there was never any of this drama either.

But obviously everything must have been better in the Good Old Days.

@Kimura I’m not saying I’m against my daughter standing up for herself. But she simply won’t do it, she’s not a neurotypical child & her difficulties involve her shutting down and panicking.

Do you even have children? Because you seem the type of person that would tell a child to “man up” if they were crying.

Hope this doesn't happen to you or your child.

You might then see things differently